The breast screening programme saves women’s lives from breast cancer. It’s been key to breast cancer survival rates doubling in the last 40 years.
But it’s at breaking point.
That’s why we’ve teamed up with Dame Joan Bakewell and Julia Bradbury to launch a petition, demanding the government fix it.
Will you sign and show the government that when it comes to breast cancer, there’s no time to waste?
If we reach 100,000 signatures, the issue will be considered for a debate in parliament – throwing a spotlight on the problem and putting pressure on the government to act.
Our parliamentary petition
Despite being one of the NHS’s biggest success stories, the screening programme is underfunded and overstretched.
Over 1 million women missed out on breast screening last year and 6,736 women could be living with undiagnosed breast cancer in England. If nothing is done, 680 more women could die from the disease in the next decade.
But we can still save the breast screening programme. We just need the government and NHS England to act now.
With your help, we can make sure they do. Sign the petition and call on the government to invest in the breast screening programme.
Will you sign and show the government that when it comes to breast cancer, there’s no time to waste?